For a few years now I’ve been contributing to a couple of major US tech blogs, writing about startups, apps, platforms, trends, the ways the Web influences our lives… Whatever tripped my trigger. It’s been a blast, and I’ll keep doing it because it’s a passion. But writing for these blogs is preaching to the… [Read more…]
August 20, 2011
I’ve been yakking (here and here) about how bloggers are frequently offered “exposure” instead of money for their work. What “exposure” really means, of course, is “We could help you become famous.” Hard for the average human to resist. Very hard. But exposure doesn’t buy the groceries (at least not in the immediate). So we need to figure… [Read more…]
July 11, 2011
In a discussion I had with a writer friend the other day on the topic of blogsploitation, I tried to pin down for her why some people (like me) have a problem with being asked to blog for free and maybe why others don’t, and why many websites don’t seem to think there’s anything wrong… [Read more…]
June 10, 2011
I’ve spent the last few years immersed in and blogging about the Internet startup scene, and there is one thing everybody in that world knows: you may have an idea for a startup, but without a developer your idea is worth jack shit. And if you can’t pay your developer, you damn well better offer… [Read more…]
February 3, 2011
Hello, my name is Pamela, and I’m an Instagramoholic. I think. If the fact that what bothered me most about being sick in bed for one whole day yesterday was that I couldn’t take any pictures to put on Instagram means I am, well, there you have it. I was back on my feet today… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011
I actually own a sterling silver calling card tray, an essential Victorian accessory. It belonged to my great-grandmother, who was born in 1894. The whole time I was growing up, it sat on a table in our entryway, despite the fact that calling cards were by then already a thing of the distant past. We do… [Read more…]
December 30, 2010
Well, there was no contest this year for which startup totally stole my heart at LeWeb. It was TinyPay.me, which first launched early this year with a simple little tool for selling stuff online. Since then, they’ve turned that little gem into what could be a real game changer for long-tail e-commerce. I hope so… [Read more…]
November 4, 2010
Doesn’t just about everybody think French is sexy? I do. But you knew that. You can read about the sexy French startup scene and find a list of some young startups that have impressed me in the article I wrote for ReadWriteWeb, “Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Paris,” which was recently translated into French for… [Read more…]
September 20, 2010
There’s a refinement to Apple products that jumps the gender gap (and creates a healthy aftermarket for butch iPhone cases for those who aren’t real comfy with their feminine side, or “How to make your Apple product look more like a Hummer”). Getting the girls on board is no small feat for tech companies (laptop… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
OK, I just flipped real quick through the last, I dunno, 90 or so posts on Mashable, which I picked because it’s more or less representative of most of the blogs that cover what’s new and exciting on the Web, and because it was sitting there, in my Reader, kind of in the middle, with… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
In the US, 25% of the web pages viewed are within Facebook. (That’s just so beyond sad.) This may partially explain why, when I told Facebook people I was leaving the site because I thought it was an unscrupulous and untrustworhy company (and asked them to connect with me on LinkedIn till something better came… [Read more…]
April 22, 2010
I’ve only ever been on one blind date. It was a bust. A friend set us up because we both wore black all the time. That was obviously not enough. The SeedNetworking experience was also a major bust. First of all, the room was full of suits. It looked and acted like a job fair. Web… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
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